The Tale of the Prophet

Hello everybody!! I hope that y'all are doing great and that you loved conference as much as I did!! And thanks for all the videos!! The kids are all just getting top big, so tell them to stop.  Well we are done with another week here in New Mexico and it has been pretty good. Well conference always makes things better so that is one thing that was good. Although it means that I still have not met half the ward yet, and wont till next Sunday. But we have been going around trying to see as many people as we can. And this is the smallest area that I have served in thus far. It is only about 5 miles total I think. But I can see the temple from my balcony! Its this large brown spot surrounded by smaller brown spots. Oh and I have my own bathroom!! This is the nicest apartment that I have lived in while on my mission. Well on another note things actually happened this week!!! So I have more stories of the week!!! SO prepare to be amazed!!! 

Story 1 The Tale of Coffee filter Butterflies
                                                                           

 

A member in the ward owns an assisted living
 center here called the "Beehive House". I
wonder where they got the name from? Well
 on Thursday we went in to help them make
crafts. And there was this very sweet old lady
there who's name was Virginia. She is one of
the cutest old ladies I have ever met. She told us all about her mission to Texas, and every 5 minutes or so would ask what our names were. So Sister Ririe and I go and sit with her and a few other ladies and start to do the craft. We made butter flies out of coffee filters, and it was very funny to watch Virginia try and steal Sister Riries markers, and her butterfly. I would ask her if she had the markers and she would say no. Then she would wink at me, and ask what my name was again. It was super fun to help out seniors again! I forgot how much I love them, and how funny they are. But on the other hand it is so nice when one of them says " I have to go to the bathroom". And I can remind them to push there button and someone ( not me ) will come and help.  Yep it was very fun! 

Story 2 The Tale of What the Salad was Missing

On Wednesday we helped one of our investigators clean out her garage. We were there for 2 hours and got 1/100 part of it clean. She is a hoarder and would go through all the things we were throwing away. So after 2 hours of "cleaning" she invited us to go out to lunch with her. She wanted to go to this buffet called the Sweet Tomato. First off I have never eaten at so many buffets in my life till I came on a mission. I think people just don't like to cook some times but still want us to get what we want. So I have been to Golden Corral so many times, it is not even funny. Any way so she takes us out to this restaurant and it is a salad and soup buffet. Kind of like Zuppas, so we go through and get our food and have a good time. They had really good corn bread, and strawberry lemonade. So we leave and get in the car. And Sister Ririe says, " Well that was good but you know what that salad was missing... Meat." And thats when I realized that there had not been any meat at all in the entire restaurant. Only in New Mexico will you find a place that has no meat, but an endless amount of green food. Oh and did I tell you that in Santa Fe they got rid of all the plastic bags? And you either had to use your own bags, or it was 10cents a bag for a paper bag. Yeah I will be glad to go home and be around normal ish people.
  

Story 3 The Tale of the Prophet

So conference as a missionary is basically like a holiday. We get to see other missionaries, watch TV, and listen to great music. It really is a great time of the year!! Some of the talks that I really liked were Elder Hollands, Elder Nelson, and Elder Aidukaitis ( no I do not know how to say his name). I also heard that Elders Oaks talk in the Priesthood session was really good so I will have to listen to that. But what were your favorite talks? Can you believe that I will be home for the next session?!?! We will have to have a big breakfast or something, because I have missed watching conference with y'all. 

Well that was my week! I hope that y'all have a great week and that y'all remember that I love you so much !! Hope to hear from you soon!! Love ya!!! 

Love Sister Chatwin